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Stamford is a city in Fairfield County
Fairfield County, Connecticut

Fairfield County is located in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Connecticut. Its population according to the 2000 census was 882,567, but a 2006 survey put the population at 905,000....
, Connecticut
Connecticut

Connecticut is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The state borders New York to the west and south , Massachusetts to the north, and Rhode Island to the east....
, United States
United States

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. According to 2007 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 118,475, making it the fourth largest city in the state. Stamford is part of the New York metropolitan area
New York metropolitan area

The New York metropolitan area or Tri-State Region is the most populous metropolitan area in the United States and is also List of metropolitan areas by population....
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Stamford was the ninth-safest city in the United States in 2006 and for the past six years has ranked in the top 11 safest cities with populations of 100,000 or more, according to the FBI. It is considerably more affluent than national average and strongly politically Democratic.






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Stamford is a city in Fairfield County
Fairfield County, Connecticut

Fairfield County is located in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Connecticut. Its population according to the 2000 census was 882,567, but a 2006 survey put the population at 905,000....
, Connecticut
Connecticut

Connecticut is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The state borders New York to the west and south , Massachusetts to the north, and Rhode Island to the east....
, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. According to 2007 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 118,475, making it the fourth largest city in the state. Stamford is part of the New York metropolitan area
New York metropolitan area

The New York metropolitan area or Tri-State Region is the most populous metropolitan area in the United States and is also List of metropolitan areas by population....
.

Stamford was the ninth-safest city in the United States in 2006 and for the past six years has ranked in the top 11 safest cities with populations of 100,000 or more, according to the FBI. It is considerably more affluent than national average and strongly politically Democratic. In 2006, CNN/Money and Money magazine ranked Stamford 46th on its list of the 100 Best Places to Live in the United States.

The city recently received nationwide publicity in several ways: It was the opening setting for the Civil War
Civil War (comics)

Civil War is a 2006 in comics-2007 in comics Marvel Comics fictional crossover event built around a seven-issue limited series of the same name written by Mark Millar, and penciled by Steve McNiven....
 comics series by Marvel and is becoming an increasingly frequent filming location
List of films shot in Stamford, Connecticut

Stamford, Connecticut is increasingly being used as a filming location for motion pictures, especially since a 30 percent state tax credit for movie production took effect on July 1, 2006....
 after the state passed a tax-incentive program for the movie industry. Also, on February, 16, 2009, Stamford made international news when an out-of-control chimpanzee mauled a woman severely and then attacked Stamford Police officers.

Stamford is a sister city
Town twinning

Town twinning, also known as sister cities, is a concept whereby towns or city in geographically and politically distinct areas are paired, with the goal of fostering human contact and cultural links between their inhabitants....
 of Minturno, Italy
Minturno

Minturno is a city in the southern Lazio, Italy, situated on the north west bank of the Liris , with a suburb on the opposite bank c. 18 kilometers from its mouth, at the point where the Via Appia crossed it by the bridge called Pons Tiretius....
; Sparti, Greece
Sparti (municipality)

Sparti is a municipality of Laconia, Greece. It lies at the site of ancient Sparta. The population in 2001 was 18,184, of which 14,817 lived in the town itself....
; ; Settefrati, Italy
Settefrati

Settefrati is a comune in the Province of Frosinone in the Italy region Lazio, located about 120 km east of Rome and about 40 km east of Frosinone....
; and Afula, Israel.

History

Stamford was known as Rippowam by the Native American inhabitants to the region, and the very first European settlers to the area also referred to it as such. The name was later changed to Stamford after a town in Lincolnshire, England. The deed
Deed

A deed is a legal instrument used to grant a right. Deeds are part of the broader category of documents under seal. Deeds can be described as contract-like, as they require the mutual agreement of more than one person....
 to Stamford was signed on 1 July 1640 between Captain Turner of the New Haven Colony
New Haven Colony

The New Haven Colony was an England colonial venture in present-day Connecticut in North America from 1637 to 1662....
 and Chief Ponus. By the Eighteenth century, one of the primary industries of the town was merchandising by water, which was possible due to Stamford's proximity to New York.

In 1692, Stamford was home to a less famous witch trial than the well-known Salem witch trial, which also occurred in 1692. The accusations were less fanatical and smaller-scale but also grew to prominence through gossip and hysterics.

Starting in the late 19th century, New York residents built summer homes on the shoreline, and even back then there were some who moved to Stamford permanently and started commuting to Manhattan by train, although the practice became more popular later. Stamford incorporated as a city in 1893.

A massive urban redevelopment campaign (starting in the 1960s and gaining steam in the 1970s) resulted in a downtown with many tall office buildings. The F.D. Rich Co. was the city-designated urban renewal developer of the downtown in an ongoing redevelopment project that was contentious, beginning in the 1960s and continuing through the 1970s. The company put up the city's tallest structure, Landmark Building, and the GTE building (now One Stamford Forum) along with the Marriott Hotel, the Stamford Town Center and many of the other downtown office buildings. The Landmark Building will soon be dwarfed by two new downtown projects by the Rich Company in partnership with Cappelli Enterprises by the imminent start of construction of the 34 story Trump Parc condominium project and the 400-foot 39 story Ritz Carlton Hotel and Residences development. Over the years, other developers have joined in building up the downtown, a process that continued, with breaks during downturns in the economy, through the 1980s, 1990s and into the new century.

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Geography and Climate

Stamford is situated near the southwestern point of Connecticut. It is bordered on the north by Pound Ridge, NY
Pound Ridge, New York

Pound Ridge is a Political subdivisions of New York State#Town in Westchester County, New York, New York, United States. The population was 4,726 at the 2000 census....
, to the south by Long Island Sound
Long Island Sound

Long Island Sound is an estuary of the Atlantic Ocean and various rivers in the United States that lies between the coast of Connecticut to the north and Long Island, New York to the south....
, by Greenwich
Greenwich, Connecticut

Greenwich is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2000 United States Census, the town had a total population of 61,101....
 to the west, and both Darien
Darien, Connecticut

Darien is a New England town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States. A relatively small community on Connecticut's "Gold Coast", it is one of the most affluent towns in the United States....
 and New Canaan to the east.

The average high temperature annually is . The average low temperature annually is . The highest recorded temperature was in 2001. The lowest recorded temperature was in 1982. The average warmest month is July. January is the average coolest month. The maximum average precipitation occurs in May. The average precipitation from November to March is . During the winter months, it is not uncommon for snowfall to occur in the northern part of the city where the elevation is higher, yet not occur in the downtown and coastal areas of the city, where the elevation is closer to or at sea level.








































































Weather averages for Stamford, CT
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high (in °F) 38 41 50 62 73 81 85 83 76 65 53 42 62.4
Average low (in °F) 19 21 29 38 47 56 62 61 53 42 34 25 40.6
Precipitation (in inches) 4.50 3.32 4.70 4.51 4.97 4.33 4.09 4.26 4.82 4.42 4.58 4.29 4.40
Source: Weather.com - Stamford, CT


Neighborhoods

Unlike larger cities, Stamford has non-distinct neighborhoods. The common neighborhoods throughout Stamford (with Zip codes that roughly cover the same areas) are as follow:

  • 06901 - Downtown
    Downtown Stamford, Connecticut

    Downtown Stamford, Connecticut is an economically thriving section of Stamford, Connecticut, Connecticut, USA, with major retail establishments, a shopping mall and the headquarters of major corporations, as well as other retail businesses and offices....
    .
  • 06902 - Cove
    Cove section of Stamford, Connecticut

    The Cove section of Stamford, Connecticut, usually called "The Cove" is an area of mostly modest homes in the southeast corner of Stamford, Connecticut, Connecticut....
    , East Side
    East Side of Stamford, Connecticut

    The East Side of Stamford, Connecticut, Connecticut is a neighborhood of mostly modest homes in southern part of the city.The East Side is east of Downtown Stamford, Connecticut, north of Shippan, Connecticut north and west of Cove section of Stamford and south of Glenbrook ....
    , Hubbard Heights, Roxbury, Shippan
    Shippan, Connecticut

    Shippan is a section of the city of Stamford, Connecticut, Connecticut.The Shippan section borders several other neighborhoods: to the south is Shippan Point, to the west is the South End of Stamford, to the north is Downtown Stamford, Connecticut, to the northeast is the East Side of Stamford, Connecticut, and to the east is Cove section o...
    , Shippan Point
    Shippan Point

    Shippan Point is the southernmost neighborhood in Stamford, Connecticut, Connecticut, located on a peninsula in Long Island Sound. Street names such as Ocean Drive West and Lighthouse Way reflect the neighborhood's shoreline location....
    , South End
    South End of Stamford

    The South End of Stamford, Connecticut, Connecticut has a rapidly growing economy neighborhood located at the southern end of the city, just south of the Downtown Stamford, Connecticut neighborhood....
    , Waterside, West Side
    West Side of Stamford

    The West Side of Stamford, Connecticut is one of the oldest sections in the state of Connecticut. It is located north of the Waterside neighborhood, west of Downtown Stamford, Connecticut and east of Greenwich, Connecticut....
    , and Westover.
  • 06903 - Long Ridge and North Stamford
    North Stamford

    North Stamford is a very affluent, geographically large section of Stamford, Connecticut, Connecticut north of the Merritt Parkway. Often hilly and woodsy, it is less densely developed than the rest of the city....
    .
  • 06905 - Belltown, Newfield, Ridgeway, Ravonah Woods, and Turn of River.
  • 06906 - Glenbrook
    Glenbrook, Connecticut

    Glenbrook is a section of the city of Stamford, Connecticut, Connecticut. It is located on the eastern side of the city, east of Downtown Stamford, Connecticut, north of the East Side of Stamford, Connecticut and the Cove sections and south of the Springdale, Connecticut section....
    .
  • 06907 - Springdale
    Springdale, Connecticut

    Springdale is a section or neighborhood in Stamford, Connecticut, Connecticut. It is known around Stamford to have a small-town feel in the middle of a mid-sized city....
    .


Demographics


The 2007 Census Population estimate for Stamford is 118,475. A 2005 Census survey estimated 49,911 housing units to be in existence. The average median age of 39.3 is slightly higher than the US average median age of 36.4. Stamford's population characteristics are as follows (Source: 2006 Census American Community Survey):

  • White
    White American

    White American is an umbrella term officially employed by the United States Census Bureau, Office of Management and Budget and other U.S. government for the classification of United States citizens or resident aliens "having origins in any of the original peoples of Ethnic groups of Europe, the Ethnic groups of the Middle East, or Ethnic gro...
     - 64.2%
  • Black
    African American

    African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the Black people populations of Africa....
     - 15.4%
  • Asian
    Asian American

    Asian Americans are United States of Asian people. They include sub-ethnic groups such as Chinese Americans, Filipino Americans, Indian Americans, Vietnamese Americans, Korean Americans, Japanese Americans and others whose national origin is from the Asia....
     - 6.2%
  • All Other Races - 13.2%
  • Two or More Races - 1.7%
  • Hispanic - 19.7%


One out of three residents are foreign born. A language other than English is spoken at home by 40% of the population. The main ancestries of the population (Source: 2000 US Census Bureau) are: Italian (16.9%), Irish (10.5%), German (6.6%), Polish (5.6%), and Russian (3.1%). The top ten countries of origin for the foreign-born population (Source: 2000 US Census Bureau) are:

  • Haiti - 3,524
  • Guatemala - 3,067
  • India - 2,577
  • Jamaica - 2,289
  • Greece - 2,100
  • Colombia - 1,937
  • China - 1,495
  • Mexico - 1,414
  • Peru - 1,268


Stamford has one of the highest educated populations in the US. Nine out of ten are high school graduates. Those possessing a bachelor's degree or higher is estimated at 45.9% of the population.

The population density
Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans....
 is 3,101.9 people per square mile (1,197.5/km²). There are 47,317 housing units at an average density of 1,253.6/sq mi (484.0/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 69.79% White., 15.39% Black or African American
Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are Self-concept data items in which residents choose the Race in the United States or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin ....
, 0.21% Native American, 5.00% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 6.50% from other races
Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are Self-concept data items in which residents choose the Race in the United States or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin ....
, and 3.07% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 16.77% of the population.

There are 45,399 households out of which 28.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.5% were married couples
Marriage

Marriage is a social, spirituality, or law union of individuals. This union may also be called matrimony, while the ceremony that marks its beginning is usually called a wedding and the married status created is sometimes called wedlock....
 living together, 11.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.2% were non-families. 28.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.13.

The proportion of the population under the age of 18 was 22.1%, from 18 to 24 was 7.4%, from 25 to 44 was 35.0%, from 45 to 64 was 21.7%, and 65 years of age or older were 13.8%. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 93.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.9 males.

According to a 2007 estimate, the median income for a household in the city was $72,315, and the median income for a family was $88,205. Males had a median income of $48,386 versus $36,958 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income

Per capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone....
 for the city was $34,987. About 5.4% of families and 7.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.7% of those under age 18 and 9.7% of those age 65 or over.

Italians form the largest ethnic group in Stamford. Irish, Polish, Jewish, Puerto Rican
Puerto Ricans in the United States

Puerto Ricans in the United States They form the second largest Hispanic and Latino Americans group in the United States, and contain the second largest group of White Hispanic and Latino Americans....
, African-American, and Caribbean people also make up a significant portion of the population.

Stamford is tied with Iowa City, Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa

Iowa City is a city in Johnson County, Iowa, Iowa, United States. As of the 2007 census estimate, the city had a total population of 67,062 making it the fifth-largest city in Iowa....
 for the US metropolitan area with the highest percentage of the adult population holding a bachelor's degree
Bachelor's degree

A bachelor's degree is usually an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts for three, four, or in some cases and countries, five or six years....
 or higher; 44 percent of adults hold a degree.

Politics

Located in a fairly liberal state, Stamford is mostly Democratic
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
, home to about 21,500 active registered Democrats and 14,000 Republicans in October 2005. The partisan ration was 1.5 Democrats per Republican. 100 individuals were registered with minor parties, while roughly 20,000 did not have any party affiliation.

Voter Registration and Party Enrollment as of October 25, 2005
Party Active Voters Inactive Voters Total Voters Percentage Republican
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
 13,916 5,342 19,258 25.61% Democratic
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
 21,493 7,115 28,608 38.05% Unaffiliated
Unaffiliated voter

Unaffiliated voter is a term in United States electoral politics used to describe those citizens who register to vote, but wish to remain without a party affiliation....
 20,118 7,062 27,180 36.15% Minor Parties 100 40 140 0.19%
Total 55,627 19,559 75,186 100%


Transportation


Mass transit


Stamford is located on the main branch of the New Haven Line
New Haven Line (Metro-North)

Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line runs from New Haven, Connecticut southwest to Woodlawn, New York on the Harlem Line, where New Haven Line trains continue south to Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan....
 on the Metro-North Railroad
Metro-North Railroad

The Metro-North Commuter Railroad , trading as MTA Metro-North Railroad, or, more commonly, Metro-North, is a suburban Regional rail service that is run and managed by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority , an New York State public benefit corporations of New York State....
, the commuter rail system for northern metropolitan New York City. Stamford
Stamford (Metro-North station)

The Stamford Metro-North Railroad station, officially known as the Stamford Transportation Center serves commuters both leaving and entering Stamford, Connecticut via the New Haven Line ....
 is the third busiest station on the Metro North system and serves as a major transfer point for local trains. Stamford Station is also the terminus of a Metro-North branch that ends in New Canaan
New Canaan, Connecticut

New Canaan is a New England town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States, 8 miles northeast of Stamford, Connecticut, on the Five Mile River....
, about 15 miles (24 km) away, and a part time terminal of Shore Line East
Shore Line East

Shore Line East is a commuter rail service operating in southern Connecticut, USA. A fully owned subsidiary of the Connecticut Department of Transportation , SLE provides service seven days a week along the Northeast Corridor from New London, Connecticut west to New Haven, Connecticut, with continuing service to Bridgeport, Connecticut and S...
 trains. Two smaller train stations in Stamford are Glenbrook
Glenbrook (Metro-North station)

The Glenbrook Metro-North railroad station is located in Glenbrook section of Stamford, Connecticut, Connecticut on the New Canaan Branch....
 and Springdale
Springdale (Metro-North station)

The Springdale Metro-North railroad station is located in Springdale section of Stamford, Connecticut, Connecticut on the New Canaan Branch....
, both a part of the New Canaan branch. With a recent spike in development in the East Side neighborhood, the city is considering putting in a proposal to construct a new stop to service the East Main Street area close to the New Canaan branch overpass.

Commuter trains come into Stamford from all points between New London
New London, Connecticut

New London is a wikt:seaport city and a port of entry on the northeast coast of the United States.It is located at the mouth of the Thames River in New London County, Connecticut, southeastern Connecticut....
 to the east and New York (Grand Central Terminal)
Grand Central Terminal

Grand Central Terminal ? often popularly called Grand Central Station or simply Grand Central ? is a Train station#Terminus at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City....
 to the south. Several express (non-stop) trains leave Stamford each morning and evening for Grand Central. The average non-stop commute is forty-five minutes. Stamford has seen a significant increase in ridership. Much of this increase is a result of reverse commuting, individuals commuting from New York City to Stamford for work. Trains operate from the Stamford station between 4:43 AM (first departure to Grand Central) until 12:25 AM (last departure to Grand Central). On the weekends the first departure for Grand Central occurs at 5:03 AM. Fares during rush hour (on peak) are higher than during non-rush hour (off peak). On peak fares are charged between 4:43 AM - 9:10 AM for trains originating to Grand Central. Trains in transit to Stamford are charged on peak fares from 5:35 AM - 8:37 AM and from 4:02 PM - 7:40 PM. On peak fares do not apply on weekends and/or holidays. Tickets can be bought on board, yet the surcharge can make the price steep.

Stamford also serves as a station along the Amtrak
Amtrak

The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971 to provide Inter-city rail train#Passenger trains service in the United States....
 route. Acela, the high speed train service between Boston and Washington, makes several daily stops in Stamford. Amtrak's Regional
Régional

R?gional Compagnie A?rienne Europ?enne, or R?gional for short, is a subsidiary airline wholly owned by Air France which connects hubs at Paris, Lyon, Clermont-Ferrand, and Bordeaux to 49 airports in Europe....
 (Springfield, MA to Washington, DC) and Vermonter
Vermonter

|}Amtrak's Vermonter is a 611-mile passenger train service between St. Albans, Vermont, New York and Washington, D.C. One trip runs in each direction per day....
 (Saint Albans, VT to Washington, DC) also make daily stops in Stamford. Amtrak tickets can be purchased on the upper level of the Stamford station.

Late in 2007 the city contracted a private San Francisco company to conduct a 6 month feasibility study to look at the possibility of creating an inner-city light rail line. With the proposed Harbor Point development set to break ground in the South End neighborhood sometime in 2008, the idea is to create a line that would connect the new developments to points north, such as the transportation center, Landmark Square in downtown and other various points up to the Bulls Head area.

Airports

Stamford is within forty-five minutes of four major airports. The closest is Westchester County (White Plains) Airport
Westchester County Airport

Westchester County Airport is a public airport located in the towns of Harrison, New York, North Castle, New York and Rye, New York in Westchester County, New York, United States....
 (HPN) which borders the town of Greenwich (a 20 minute trip by car). The airport offers non-stop flights to eighteen cities, including the major hubs of Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, Cincinnati, Detroit, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Philadelphia and Washington D.C. While a mid-size airport, tickets at Westchester County Airport
Westchester County Airport

Westchester County Airport is a public airport located in the towns of Harrison, New York, North Castle, New York and Rye, New York in Westchester County, New York, United States....
  can be competitive and/or even less than the surrounding major airports due to low fare carriers Air Tran and Jet Blue. If you lack vehicle transportation, New York LaGuardia Airport
LaGuardia Airport

LaGuardia Airport is an airport located in Queens County on Long Island in the New York City. The airport is located on the waterfront of Flushing Bay, and borders the neighborhoods of Astoria, Queens, Jackson Heights, Queens and East Elmhurst, Queens....
 is accessible via Metro North (disembark at 125th-Harlem station and take the M60 bus to Queens, a direct trip to the airport). John F. Kennedy International Airport
John F. Kennedy International Airport

John F. Kennedy International Airport is an international airport located on Long Island, in Queens County, New York in southeastern New York City about 12 miles from Lower Manhattan....
 is the closest airport for international flights. The fourth airport is Tweed-New Haven Airport
Tweed-New Haven Airport

Tweed New Haven Regional Airport , formerly known as Tweed-New Haven Airport, is a public airport located three miles southeast of the central business district of New Haven, Connecticut, a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States....
, yet it only offers one flight to Philadelphia, a trip which can be taken more conveniently and cheaper via Amtrak from the Metro North station. Other airports in proximity are Newark Liberty International Airport
Newark Liberty International Airport

Newark Liberty International Airport , first named Newark Airport and later Newark International Airport, is an international airport within the city limits of both Newark, New Jersey and Elizabeth, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States....
 (1 hr. 10 min.), Long Island MacArthur Airport
Long Island MacArthur Airport

Long Island MacArthur Airport is a public airport located on Long Island, in Ronkonkoma, New York, Suffolk County, New York, United States. It is seven miles northeast of the central business district of the Islip , New York, which owns and operates the airport....
 (1.5 hrs.), Dutchess County (Poughkeepsie) Airport
Dutchess County Airport

Dutchess County Airport a county-owned public-use airport located in the Wappinger, New York, Dutchess County, New York, New York, United States, four miles south of the central business district of Poughkeepsie , New York....
 (1.5 hrs.), Stewart (Newburgh) International Airport
Stewart International Airport

Stewart International Airport is located west of Newburgh , New York, New York, in the southern Hudson Valley, 60 miles north of New York, New York and, 15 miles southwest of Poughkeepsie , New York....
 (1.5 hrs.), and Bradley (Hartford) International Airport
Bradley International Airport

Bradley International Airport is a public airport located in Windsor Locks, Connecticut on the border with East Granby, Connecticut, in Hartford County, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States....
 (1 hr. 45 min.).

Buses

City bus transportation is provided by CT Transit, which is run and financed by the Connecticut Department of Transportation. The main terminal is adjacent to the train station on State Street, under the I-95 highway. Bus service runs along major arterial roads through the towns of Darien
Darien, Connecticut

Darien is a New England town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States. A relatively small community on Connecticut's "Gold Coast", it is one of the most affluent towns in the United States....
, Norwalk
Norwalk, Connecticut

Norwalk is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 84,437, making it the sixth largest city in Connecticut, and the third largest in Fairfield County....
, Greenwich
Greenwich, Connecticut

Greenwich is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2000 United States Census, the town had a total population of 61,101....
 and Port Chester, New York
Port Chester, New York

Port Chester is a Political subdivisions of New York State#Village in Westchester County, New York, New York, United States. The village is part of the Rye , New York....
. A non-stop direct route is also offered to White Plains, New York
White Plains, New York

The City of White Plains is the county seat of Westchester County, New York. It is located in south-central Westchester, about east of the Hudson River and northwest of Long Island Sound....
. Commuters can connect in Norwalk to points as far east as Milford
Milford, Connecticut

Milford is a city in southwestern New Haven County, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States; that is located between Bridgeport, Connecticut and New Haven, Connecticut....
 and as far north as Danbury
Danbury, Connecticut

Danbury is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It has an estimated population of 78,736. Danbury is the fourth largest city in Fairfield County & is the seventh largest city in Connecticut....
. Additional connections can be made in Port Chester and White Plains to all points covered by the Bee-Line
Bee-Line Bus System

The Bee-Line Bus System, branded on the buses in lowercase as the bee-line system, is a bus system serving Westchester County, New York. The system is owned by the County's Department of Transportation and operated, on contract , by Yonkers-based Liberty Lines Transit, Inc....
 bus system in Westchester County
Westchester County, New York

Westchester County is a primarily suburban Political subdivisions of New York State#County located in the U.S. state of New York with about 950,000 residents....
.

Greyhound
Greyhound Lines

Greyhound Lines is an intercity common carrier of passengers by bus serving over 3,700 destinations in the United States. It was founded in Hibbing, Minnesota, USA, in 1914 and incorporated as "Greyhound Corporation" in 1929....
 provides same bus service from the lower level of the Stamford train station. Locals rarely utilize Greyhound due to the more convenient options available via Metro North and Amtrak. Same bus service is provided to New Haven (Union Station)
Union Station (New Haven)

Union Station is the main railroad passenger station in New Haven, Connecticut. Designed by noted architect Cass Gilbert, the Beaux-Arts architecture Union Station opened in 1918 after the previous Union Station was destroyed by fire....
, Boston (South Station), and New York (Port Authority)
Port Authority Bus Terminal

The Port Authority Bus Terminal is the main Bus terminus into Manhattan in New York City. It is operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey....
.

Highways

Two limited-access highways run through the city. Interstate 95
Interstate 95 in Connecticut

Interstate 95, the main north-south Interstate Highway on the East Coast of the United States, runs in a general east-west compass direction for 111.57 miles in Connecticut....
 serves as the main route through downtown Stamford with four exits (6-9). The Merritt Parkway
Merritt Parkway

The Merritt Parkway is a limited-access parkway in Fairfield County, Connecticut. The parkway is known for its scenic layout, its uniquely styled signage, and the architecturally elaborate overpasses along the route....
 runs through the northern part of the city. This road is designated for passenger vehicles only. Any congestion on the Merritt Parkway is mostly likely to occur on the southbound lane in the morning and the northbound in the evening (route to and from New York). At night, due to the absence of lighting visibility on the Merritt Parkway is relatively poor. Stamford exits on the Merritt Parkway are 33-35, and exit 36 is just over the border in New Canaan.

Stamford is also served by four other state highways. Route 1
U.S. Route 1 in Connecticut

In the U.S. state of Connecticut, U.S. Route 1 is a major east-west state highway along Long Island Sound. It has been replaced by I-95 as a through route, which it closely parallels, and now primarily serves as a local business route....
, also known as Main Street in Stamford, is also used as a major artery during the morning and evening commute. Most traffic via Route 1 is short distance or fairly local, yet vehicles have utilized Route 1 during times of heavy congestion on I-95 as a re-route. Route 137
Route 137 (Connecticut)

Route 137 is a main highway running north/south through the city of Stamford, Connecticut. It runs for about from Downtown Stamford to the New York state line in the town of Pound Ridge, New York....
 (Washington Boulevard and High Ridge Road) is the main north-south road of the city and runs from the Stamford Transportation Center and serves the Turn of River, North Stamford, and High Ridge sections of the city. Route 104 (Long Ridge Road) branches off from Route 137 to serve the Long Ridge section. Route 106 (Courtland Avenue) serves the Glenbrook neighborhood and continues towards the town of Darien
Darien, Connecticut

Darien is a New England town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States. A relatively small community on Connecticut's "Gold Coast", it is one of the most affluent towns in the United States....
.

Economy


Stamford's cluster of corporate headquarters includes a number of Fortune 500
Fortune 500

The Fortune 500 is an annual list compiled and published by Fortune magazine that ranks the top 500 United States public corporations as measured by their gross revenue, although Fortune makes adjustments to the revenue for a number of companies, particularly to exclude the impact of excise taxes companies collect....
, Fortune 1000
Fortune 1000

Fortune 1000 is a reference to a list maintained by the American business magazine Fortune . The list is of the 1000 largest American companies, ranked on revenues alone....
 and Courant 100 companies.

Among the larger companies with headquarters in Stamford are Thomson Corporation
Thomson Corporation

The Thomson Corporation was one of the world's largest information companies.Thomson was active in financial services, healthcare sectors, law, science & technology research, and tax & accounting sectors....
, World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment

World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is a publicly traded, privately controlled integrated arts and sports entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales....
, Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable

Time Warner Cable is an American national cable television company that operates in 27 states and has 31 operating divisions. Its corporate headquarters are located in Stamford, Connecticut, and has other corporate offices in Charlotte, North Carolina; Herndon, Virginia; and Denver, Colorado....
 and Pitney Bowes
Pitney Bowes

Pitney Bowes Inc. is a Stamford, Connecticut-based manufacturer of software and hardware and a provider of services related to documents, packaging, mailing and shipping, collectively referred to as mailstream....
. UBS also has its North American headquarters here and its trading floor holds the Guinness World Record as the largest column-less trading floor in the world. Royal Bank of Scotland
Royal Bank of Scotland

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group is a majority part-nationalised British people banking and insurance holding company in which HM Treasury holds an 74% controlling shareholding, through the UK Financial Investments Limited....
 has announced plans for a new global Headquarters in the city by 2008.

In recent years, many large corporations have moved offices outside of the city due to the high rental cost, including Xerox
Xerox

Xerox Corporation is a global document management company which manufactures and sells a range of color and black-and-white Computer printer, multifunction systems, photo copiers, digital production printing presses, and related consulting services and supplies....
, MeadWestvaco
MeadWestvaco

MeadWestvaco Corp. is an American packaging based in Richmond, Virginia. It has approximately 23,000 employees. In February 2006, it moved its corporate headquarters to Richmond, Virginia....
, International Paper
International Paper

International Paper is an American pulp and paper industry, the largest pulp and paper company in the world. It has approximately 51,500 employees....
, GE Capital
GE Capital

GE Capital is one of four major units of General Electric, On 27 July, 2008, General Electric announced that GE Capital is once again a single unit of GE....
, NBC and Clairol
Clairol

Clairol is a personal care products division of Procter & Gamble. The Clairol company was started in 1931 by an entrepreneurial chemist and his wife who named their enterprise after a hair-coloring preparation they found while traveling in France....
.

Crime

Stamford was the ninth-safest city in the United States in 2006 (among cities with populations of 100,000 or more), up from the 11th safest in 2005, according to the FBI. The 2006 ranking represented the sixth consecutive year the city ranked in the top 11. FBI crime statistics for the city showed crime went down 1.7 percent in 2006 because of a plunge in property crimes. But the rate of violent crime went up by a total of 29 percent in the two years 2005 and 2006 combined. The increase was due in part due to violent gang battles, often on the West Side.

The violent crime rate climbed five years in a row up through 2006, and the 2005 increase was also in the double digits. The city's 300-officer police force responded to 393 reports of violent crimes in 2006, up from 353 in 2005 and 305 in 2004. The total number of serious assaults dropped from 183 in 2005 to 172 in 2006, according to city records. Robberies rose from 150 to 197 in 2006. Serious assaults dropped 6 percent.

There were three homicides and 23 rapes in 2006, up from two homicides and 18 rapes in 2005. the city reported 2,697 total crimes. With populations close to that of Stamford, Bridgeport (ranked 25th) reported 8,496, Hartford (ranked 26th) reported 10,955 and Waterbury reported 6,447 (New Haven hasn't reported statistics to the F.B.I. in years.)

Stamford's Mayor, Dannel Malloy, is a member of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition, an organization formed in 2006 and co-chaired by New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
 mayor Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg

Michael Rubens Bloomberg is an United States businessman and philanthropist, and the current Mayor of New York City. He was listed as the eighth-richest American, with a net worth of US$30 Billion, in the Forbes 400 on Sept....
 and Boston mayor Thomas Menino
Thomas Menino

Thomas Michael Menino is the List of mayors of Boston, Massachusetts of Boston, Massachusetts, United States and the city's first Italian-American mayor....
.

Education


Stamford has branches of the University of Connecticut
University of Connecticut

The University of Connecticut is the Connecticut's land-grant university. It was founded in 1881 and serves more than 28,000 students on its six campuses, including nearly 8,000 graduate students in multiple programs....
, University of Bridgeport
University of Bridgeport

University of Bridgeport is a private, non-sectarian university located on Long Island Sound in the South Bridgeport section of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Connecticut, USA....
 and Sacred Heart University
Sacred Heart University

Sacred Heart University is a Catholic university located in suburban Fairfield, Connecticut, Connecticut, near the border with Bridgeport, Connecticut....
. The University of Connecticut's campus
Campus

A campus is traditionally the land on which a college or university and related institutional buildings are situated. Usually a campus includes library, lecture halls, residence halls and park-like settings....
 is located in a large modern building in downtown that opened in 1998 after extensive renovations to an abandoned former Bloomingdales store that closed in 1990. The branches of the University of Bridgeport and Sacred Heart University are located in the River Bend Executive Center, Fairfield County's premier communication and information high tech park. All are commuter campuses.

As no study has been conducted to assess the cost of education in Stamford, it is difficult to tell whether or not Stamford has a well-funded public education system. Although providing a public education is a state responsibility, Connecticut ranks near the bottom in state share of public education expenditures. Thus, the majority of education funding must come from local governments like that of Stamford. According to the State Department of Education, in the 2004-05 academic year, 42.7% of Stamford's public school students were economically disadvantaged, 34.8% did not have English as a home language and 11.6% were students with disabilities. Research has shown that these populations need additional resources to meet state academic standards. Owing to the state school finance system, the burden of these extra necessary costs of education falls primarily on Stamford's local government. The public school system is an integrated district with racial balance requirements exceeding those of the state of Connecticut. State standards require that a school's racial makeup be within 25% of the community's racial makeup. Stamford's standard is a more strict 10%. Over the years, schools have become unbalanced.

Stamford has several public high school
High school

High school is the name used in some parts of the world to describe an institution which provides all or part of secondary education. The term originated in Scotland and spread to the New World countries as the high prestige that the Scottish educational system had at the time led several countries to employ Scottish educators to develop the...
s, Westhill High School
Westhill High School (Connecticut)

Westhill High School is a high school located in Stamford, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States....
, Stamford High School
Stamford High School

Stamford High School, founded in 1874 in Stamford, Connecticut. Famous alumni of the school include U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman.The current student body includes natives of countries such as Albania, Germany, Haiti, South Africa, Philippines, Poland, China, Japan, Spain, Russia, Jamaica, India, and many countries of Latin America....
, J. M. Wright Technical High School
J. M. Wright Technical High School

J.M. Wright Technical High School, also known as "J.M. Wright Vocational-Technical School" and, more familiarly, as "Wright Tech", is a vocational high school run by the state of Connecticut in Stamford, Connecticut, United States....
 and the Academy of Information Technology and Engineering
Academy of Information Technology and Engineering

The Academy of Information Technology and Engineering is a college preparatory, inter-district public Magnet school based in Stamford, Connecticut....
. The city also has several private schools, including King and Low-Heywood Thomas School
King and Low-Heywood Thomas School

King Low Heywood Thomas is a University-preparatory school, co-educational day school for grades PreK-12 in Stamford, Connecticut. It is commonly referred to as "King" by students and faculty....
 and Trinity Catholic High School
Trinity Catholic High School

Trinity Catholic High School may refer to:*Trinity Catholic High School, Woodford Green, London*Trinity Catholic High School , in Stamford, Connecticut...
, and Bi-Cultural Jewish Day School as well as two state charter schools: Trailblazers Academy Charter Middle School and Stamford Academy Charter High School, both operated by human services nonprofit Domus (http://www.domuskids.org).

Libraries

Stamford's public library
Public library

A public library is a library which is accessible by the public and is generally funded from public sources and may be operated by Civil services....
, the Ferguson Library, is one of the largest in Connecticut. The main library downtown is the second in the country to rent space to a Starbucks (since September 1999). The store has its own doors to the street and to the library, and is open earlier and later than the library. The library also shows movies and has a used-book store run by Friends of Ferguson Library.

The library has branches in South End, Springdale, and the Turn of River sections of the city, it also has a bookmobile that runs daily to different neighborhoods. The Turn of River branch, officially called the Harry Bennett Branch, is the largest library branch in the state. That branch also has a used book store run by Friends of Ferguson Library.

Attractions


Parks and recreation sites

  • Cummings Park
    Cummings Park

    Cummings Park is located in Stamford, Connecticut, United States. It is made up of about 79 acres of shorefront property on Long Island Sound in a suburb of New York City....
    , a public beach, was once a popular spot for shellfishing. The park, developed in 1906, previously was known as Halloween Park because Mayor Homer Cummings cast the deciding vote to create it on Halloween Night.
  • The 83 acre Cove Island Park
    Cove Island Park

    Cove Island Park is a beach in Cove section of Stamford, Connecticut section of Stamford, Connecticut located on Long Island Sound. It is a popular spot for residents of Stamford to go rollerblading, biking and walking, as well as enjoy barbecues and ride the tram around the island....
    , once a farm and then an enormous factory site, offers visitors a choice of beaches as well as picnic grounds and bluffs. It has a small wildlife sanctuary in the southwest corner that might be interesting for bird watchers. SoundWaters Community Center for Environmental Education is located at the northeast part of the park.
  • shares a parking lot with Cove Island Park. It offers public ice skating for all ages and ability levels, group lessons and ice hockey. It is the home of the Stamford Youth Hockey Association .
  • Scalzi Park on Bridge Street has a playground, baseball and softball fields, tennis courts, bocce courts, basketball courts, roller hockey courts, and a baseball stadium named "Cubeta Stadium." Stamford baseball leagues play baseball there. J.M. Wright Technical High School is next to the park. A skate park was opened at Scalzi in July 2007. The city sought input from users in planning the $309,850, concrete skate park and hired Grindline Skateparks Inc. of Seattle, Washington to provide a unique design and build it.
  • Stamford boasts two municipal golf courses. opened in May 1972 and is the more more popular of the two courses . The facility also has a driving range, restaurant, and six tennis courts. , referred to locally as Hubbard Heights, opened for play in 1922 and is currently in need of repair.
  • Mill River Park (proposed). This park is strategically located in the center of downtown but its ancient grist mill (present when George Washington traveled through Stamford) was "modernized" in the 1920's. The result was interference with the seasonal changes in the riverflow, chronic backup of silt, a loss of wildlife and an accumulation of debris. Plans to demolish the dam, re-establish the natural flow of the river and create a sophisticated park designed by Olin Associates (the same firm that designed Bryant Park in New York) are funded and work is due to commence shortly. If completed, this will significantly enhance the quality of life in downtown Stamford. It will also result in an eventual increase in real estate values and establish a higher level of civic design standards that have been previously lacking.


Arts, science and cultural attractions


Science and nature

  • The on a site in the northern end of town, has a collection of works by Gutzon Borglum
    Gutzon Borglum

    Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum was an American Painting and sculpture famous for creating the monumental President of the United Statess' heads at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, as well as other public works of art....
    , the sculptor of Mount Rushmore, who was a Stamford resident for a decade.
  • was started up in 1954 runs the Stamford Observatory, which has a telescope.
  • is a 91 acre botanical gardens and science education center boasting over 850 specimen trees and plants from around the world. It is also home to several Champion Trees; the largest of their species within Connecticut.
  • is located in .


Theater and film

  • : The Palace Theatre, originally opened as a vaudeville house in 1927, reopened as a nonprofit theater in 1983. It was joined in 1992 by the Rich Forum, another downtown venue. Both have been run by the Stamford Center for the Arts
    Stamford Center for the Arts

    The Stamford Center for the Arts in downtown Stamford, Connecticut, USA, actually consists of two facilities on Atlantic Street: the restored Palace Theatre, and the Rich Forum, both within four blocks of each other:...
    .
  • professional theater located in the red barn at the corner of Strawberry Hill Avenue and Fifth Street on the campus of the former Sacred Heart Academy, is in its 19th season in 2006-2007.
  • presents plays and other entertainment at the Sterling Farms Theatre Complex, 1349 Newfield Ave.


  • has two first-run movie houses in Stamford with a total of 15 movie screens: Landmark 9 and Majestic 6. On February 13, 2004, the , a nonprofit movie house focusing on classic, alternative and art films, opened in the former Avon Theatre on Bedford Street. In Springdale, the two-screen , run by Garden Homes Cinemas of Stamford, has second-run films. The Ferguson Library also shows films.


Music

  • In a typical season, the SSO gives five pairs of classical concerts and three pops concerts at the 1,586-seat Palace Theatre, as well as a concert for elementary school students and a family concert series.
  • , a not-for-profit, professional opera company performs at the Palace Theatre. On its web site, the CGO claims to offer "the most ambitious opera season of any company between New York and Boston."


Media

The NHL on Versus
The NHL on Versus

The NHL on Versus is the National Hockey League's cable programming in the United States for the regular season, playoffs, and Stanley Cup Finals....
 airs its studio show from Stamford. The Yes Network
YES Network

The Yankees Entertainment and Sports Network is a New York City regional cable TV channel dedicated to broadcasting baseball games of the New York Yankees, and basketball games of the New Jersey Nets....
 headquarters is in Stamford. World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment

World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is a publicly traded, privately controlled integrated arts and sports entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales....
 has its international headquarters in Stamford.

Stamford, Connecticut served as a location for one of five branches of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company from the US television series, The Office, until the Branch was closed in the Season 3 episode Branch Closing
Branch Closing

"Branch Closing" is the seventh episode of the third season of The Office . It was first aired on November 9, 2006. It was written by Michael Schur and directed by Tucker Gates....
.

In the Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics is an American comic book and related media company owned by Marvel Publishing, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, Inc. Marvel counts among as its List of Marvel Comics characters such well-known properties as Captain America, the Fantastic Four, the Hulk , Iron Man, Spider-Man, the X-Men, and many others....
 Civil War
Civil War (comics)

Civil War is a 2006 in comics-2007 in comics Marvel Comics fictional crossover event built around a seven-issue limited series of the same name written by Mark Millar, and penciled by Steve McNiven....
 crossover, a fight between super-powered beings leads to a large explosion in the middle of Stamford, leaving approximately six hundred dead. The epicenter is an elementary school. This leads to the Superhuman Registration Act and the subsequent schism between superheroes in America. In the fictional context of the Marvel superhero universe, what was once Stamford is turned into a training ground for super-powered beings that the government has drafted.

Print media

  • Stamford Advocate
    The Advocate (Stamford)

    The Advocate is a seven-day daily newspaper based in Stamford, Connecticut, Connecticut, USA. The paper shares a publisher and editor with the Greenwich Time ; both are owned and operated by the Hearst Corporation, a multinational corporation corporate media conglomerate with $4 billion in revenues....
    , daily newspaper, owned by the Hearst Corporation
    Hearst Corporation

    Hearst Communications, Inc. is a privately-held United States-based media conglomerate based in the Hearst Tower in Media of New York City, USA....
     and managed by MediaNews Group
    MediaNews Group

    MediaNews Group, based in Denver, Colorado, is one of the largest newspaper companies in the United States. It is privately owned and operates 56 daily newspapers in 12 states, with combined daily and Sunday circulation of approximately 2.6 million and 2.9 million, respectively....
    .
  • , weekly newspaper, owned by The Hour Newspapers.
  • is published by Canaiden LLC.
  • , weekly Spanish language newspaper.
  • , weekly Spanish language newspaper.


Radio stations in the city

  • 1400; 1,000 watts; shares programming with WNLK-AM 1350
  • 88.5; 2,000 watts, a National Public Radio station


Notable people, past and present

Stamford has been home to many famous people, among them band leader Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman

Benjamin David Goodman, was an United States jazz musician, clarinetist and bandleader, known as "King of Swing ", "Patriarch of the Clarinet", "The Professor", and "Swing's Senior Statesman"....
, actor Christopher Lloyd
Christopher Lloyd

Christopher Allen Lloyd is a three-time Emmy Award-winning United States actor known for his gruff eloquent voice. He is of Wales ancestry and is well known for his roles as Emmett Brown in the Back to the Future trilogy, Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Uncle Fester in The Addams Family and Addams Family Values, as well a...
, who was born in the city, and actor Bob Crane
Bob Crane

Robert Edward Crane was an American disc jockey and Emmy Award-nominated actor, best known for his performance as Colonel Robert E. Hogan in the television sitcom Hogan's Heroes from 1965 to 1971, and for his violent and unsolved death....
, star of Hogan's Heroes
Hogan's Heroes

Hogan's Heroes is an American television situation comedy that ran for 168 episodes from September 17, 1965, to July 4, 1971, on the CBS network....
. Actor and comedian Gene Wilder
Gene Wilder

Gene Wilder is an American Emmy Award-winning and twice Academy Award-nominated theatre and film actor, film director, screenwriter, and author....
 and singer Cyndi Lauper
Cyndi Lauper

Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper is an Music of the United States Grammy- and Emmy award winning singer-songwriter and actress. She achieved success in the mid-1980s with the release of the album She's So Unusual, and became the first artist to have four top-five singles released from one album....
 are current residents. Baseball star Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson

Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson was the first African-American Major League Baseball player of the modern era. Although not the first African-American professional baseball player in United States history, Robinson's 1947 Major League debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers ended approximately 60 years of baseball Racial_segregation#United_States_...
 made Stamford his home, and football Hall of Famer Andy Robustelli
Andy Robustelli

Andrew "Andy" Richard Robustelli is a former American football defensive end in the National Football League for the St. Louis Rams and the New York Giants....
 was born in the city, as was baseball manager Bobby Valentine
Bobby Valentine

Robert John Valentine , nicknamed "Bobby V", is a former player and Manager in Major League Baseball and the current manager of the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball Pacific League....
. Valentine also owns a popular restaurant
Restaurant

A restaurant prepares and serves food and drink to customers. Meals are generally served and eaten on premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and Delivery ....
 in downtown Stamford that bears his name. Boxing champion Gene Tunney
Gene Tunney

James Joseph "Gene" Tunney was the List of Heavyweight Champions from 1926-1928 who defeated Jack Dempsey twice, first in 1926 and then in 1927....
 is buried in town. Cooking author Ina Garten
Ina Garten

Ina Rosenberg Garten is an United States author and host of the Food Network program Barefoot Contessa. Known for creating fine cuisine foods with an emphasis on fresh ingredients and timesaving tips, she has been championed by Martha Stewart, Oprah Winfrey, and Patricia Wells as an authority on cooking and home entertaining....
 and physicist Robert Jaffe
Robert Jaffe

Robert L. Jaffe is an United States physicist and the Jane and Otto Morningstar Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ....
 grew up in Stamford. Singer Willy DeVille
Willy DeVille

Willy DeVille is an United States singer and songwriter. First with his band Mink DeVille and later on his own, DeVille in his 35-year career has created songs that are wholly original yet rooted in traditional American musical styles....
 was born in Stamford in 1950.

Former NBA Commissioner J. Walter Kennedy was born at Stamford Hospital lived most of his life in the City. He taught at St Basil's Preparatory School before being elected to two terms as Mayor of Stamford.

Georges Clemenceau
Georges Clemenceau

Georges Benjamin Clemenceau was a French statesman, physician, and journalist. He served as the List of Prime Ministers of France from 1906-1909 and 1917-1920....
, the French premier during World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
 taught at a girl's school in Stamford in the 1860s. U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman
Joe Lieberman

Joseph Isadore "Joe" Lieberman is the Junior senator United States Senate from Connecticut. Lieberman was first elected to the United States Senate in 1988, and was United States Senate elections, 2006 on November 7, 2006....
 was born here in 1942. U.S. Rep. Christopher Shays
Christopher Shays

Christopher H. Shays is an United States politician. He was a Republican Party member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the Connecticut's 4th congressional district of Connecticut....
 is a former resident. John J. McCloy
John J. McCloy

John Jay McCloy was a lawyer and banker who later became a prominent United States presidential advisor. He was known for his opposition to the World War II atomic bombing of Japan, his refusal to endorse compensation to the 110,000 Japanese-Americans who were held in internment camps within the USA, and his refusal as Assistant Secretary...
, a prominent advisor to presidents, died in Stamford. William F. Buckley Jr., founder of National Review
National Review

National Review is a biweekly magazine and web site, founded by the late author William F. Buckley, Jr. in 1955 and based in New York City....
 magazine, also died in Stamford.

Gutzon Borglum
Gutzon Borglum

Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum was an American Painting and sculpture famous for creating the monumental President of the United Statess' heads at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, as well as other public works of art....
, sculptor of Mount Rushmore
Mount Rushmore

Mount Rushmore National Memorial, near Keystone, South Dakota, South Dakota, is a monumental granite sculpture by Gutzon Borglum , located within the United States Presidential Memorial that represents the first 150 years of the History of the United States of the United States of America with sculptures of the heads of former President of t...
, lived in the city for 10 years. The artist John A. Ten Eyck
John A. Ten Eyck

John Adams Ten Eyck III was a painter and etcher....
 died in the city. Lubomyr Husar, Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Major-Archdiocese of Lviv, and one of the cardinals considered a possible successor to Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II

Pope John Paul II John Paul II is widely acclaimed as one of the most influential leaders of the twentieth century. He has been Pope_John_Paul_II#Role_in_the_fall_of_Communism in bringing down communism in Eastern Europe, as well as significantly improving the Roman Catholic Church's relations with Judaism, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and A...
 in 2005, was educated at St. Basil's College in Stamford.

Robert Jarvik
Robert Jarvik

Robert Koffler Jarvik is an American scientist, researcher and entrepreneur known for his role in developing the Jarvik-7 artificial heart....
, inventor of the first artificial heart, grew up in the city. Will Shortz
Will Shortz

Will Shortz is an United States puzzle creator and editor....
, puzzle editor of The New York Times
The New York Times

The New York Times is an American daily newspaper published in New York City. The largest metropolitan newspaper in the United States, "The Gray Lady"?named for its staid appearance and style?is regarded as a national newspaper of record....
, is current resident and organized national crossword puzzle championships held in Stamford until 2006, when it was announced the contest was to be moved to New York City.

Many professional wrestlers and executives associated with World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment

World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is a publicly traded, privately controlled integrated arts and sports entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales....
 reside in Stamford or in neighboring towns, as the city is home to WWE's corporate headquarters. Rihanna
Rihanna

Robyn Rihanna Fenty , known as Rihanna , is a Barbados singer, fashion model, and former beauty queen. She also serves as the cultural ambassador for Barbados....
, pop/R&B singer, currently resides in Stamford.

Some films shot in Stamford


These are some of the films shot in the city, in reverse chronological order:
  • 25/8(2009)- Filmed in the Tully Center, Westhill High school
  • Farlanders (2009) - Filmed on Vine Road and inside Remo's on Bedford Street
  • (2009)
  • Old Dogs (2008) - Filmed inside UConn Stamford Campus.
  • Rachel Getting Married
    Rachel Getting Married

    Rachel Getting Married is a drama film directed by Jonathan Demme, and starring Anne Hathaway , Rosemarie DeWitt, and Debra Winger. The film was released in the U.S....
     (2008) - Salon Shahin and in a home on Westview Lane
  • Righteous Kill
    Righteous Kill

    Righteous Kill is a 2008 in film crime film thriller film directed by Jon Avnet, and starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, John Leguizamo, Carla Gugino, Donnie Wahlberg, and 50 Cent....
     (2008) - Filmed in front of UConn Stamford Campus, at Trump Park.
  • College Road Trip
    College Road Trip

    College Road Trip is a 2008 in film directed by Roger Kumble and starring Martin Lawrence, Raven-Symon?, Brenda Song, Margo Harshman and Donny Osmond....
    (2008)- inside Lakeside Diner and on Merritt Parkway
  • Pistol Whipped
    Pistol Whipped

    Pistol Whipped is a 2008 in film action film starring Steven Seagal, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Blanchard Ryan and Lance Henriksen. The movie was filmed in Connecticut, May-June 2007 and was directed by Roel Rein?....
    (2008) - AKA Marker
  • Revolutionary Road (2008)-Front of Dolan Middle School
  • Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
  • (2008) - Locations include Canal Street, Tresser Boulevard, and the front of Stamford Town Center
    Stamford Town Center

    Stamford Town Center is an urban shopping mall in Downtown Stamford, Connecticut. The 853,000 s.f. mall has space for about 130 stores and restaurants and includes a Macy's and a Saks Fifth Avenue as anchors....
    .
  • (2008), Starting in August 2006, the movie became the first major, full-length film since "The Ice Storm" to be shot entirely in Connecticut. Locations include Waterside, Springdale, Glenbrook and the West Side, "St. Basil College, Victory Deli, Pellicci's Restaurant, Stamford Hospital and private homes on Scott Place and Apple Tree Drive, and the Palace Theater.
  • (2007) started shooting in October 2006. Locations include Cove Island Park
    Cove Island Park

    Cove Island Park is a beach in Cove section of Stamford, Connecticut section of Stamford, Connecticut located on Long Island Sound. It is a popular spot for residents of Stamford to go rollerblading, biking and walking, as well as enjoy barbecues and ride the tram around the island....
    , Stamford Academy, Long Ridge Church and Black Bear Saloon.
  • Person of Interest (2007)
  • Saving Grace (2007)
  • Ta Ra Rum Pum (2007)
  • Too Bad (2006)
  • Wordplay
    Wordplay (film)

    Wordplay is a 2006 in film documentary film directed by Patrick Creadon. It features Will Shortz, the editor of the New York Times crossword puzzle, crossword constructor Merl Reagle, and many other noted crossword solvers and constructors....
     (2006) - Filmed at the Marriott hotel
  • Beyond the Mat
    Beyond the Mat

    Beyond the Mat is a 1999 professional wrestling Documentary film, film director by Barry W. Blaustein. World Wrestling Entertainment chairman Vince McMahon tried to block its release after deciding that the film reflected badly on him and the WWE ....
     (1999)
  • Scenes from a Mall
    Scenes from a Mall

    Scenes from a Mall is a 1991 satirical film directed by Paul Mazursky with a screenplay by Roger L. Simon and Mazursky, starring Bette Midler and Woody Allen....
     (1991) - Scenes from the Stamford Town Center
    Stamford Town Center

    Stamford Town Center is an urban shopping mall in Downtown Stamford, Connecticut. The 853,000 s.f. mall has space for about 130 stores and restaurants and includes a Macy's and a Saks Fifth Avenue as anchors....
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  • The Horror of Party Beach
    The Horror of Party Beach

    The Horror of Party Beach is a 1964 horror film, directed by B-movie maven Del Tenney, that Tenney himself describes as "a take-off on beach parties and musicals"....
     (1964) - West Beach and Cummings Beach, Shippan area and filmed almost entirely in various Stamford locations.
  • The Cardinal
    The Cardinal

    The Cardinal is a 1963 in film film which was produced independently and directed by Otto Preminger, and distributed by Columbia Pictures. The screenplay was written by Robert Dozier, based on the novel by Henry Morton Robinson....
     (1963) - Scene taken in St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church on Atlantic Street.
  • Boomerang
    Boomerang (1947 film)

    Boomerang! is a 1947 in film film based on a true story about the early career of Attorney General Homer Cummings. The film was directed by Elia Kazan, based on a story in Reader's Digest and was shot largely in Stamford, Connecticut....
     (1947) - Filmed almost entirely in Stamford.


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